In the tenth year of Xuande (1435), after Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, Zhu Qiyu was crowned king of Hao. In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy (1449), the Tumu Fort Rebellion occurred, and Emperor Mingyingzong was defeated and captured. At that time, the crown prince Zhu Jianshen was only two years old, and in order to avoid the suspicion of the lord and the state, Yu Qian and other ministers Empress Dowager Mingsun finally established Zhu Qiyu as emperor in September of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy (1449), changed yuan Jingtai, and honored Emperor Mingyingzong as emperor. It is worth noting that after the return of Emperor Mingyingzong, although he was the Emperor Taishang, he was placed under house arrest in the Nangong.
From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Qiyu did not want Ming Yingzong to return to the dynasty, and in order to prevent Ming Yingzong from contacting his old subjects, he strictly guarded against his every move. Further, one mountain does not allow two tigers, and Zhu Qiyu does not want the situation of two emperors existing at the same time. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu undoubtedly wants to get rid of Zhu Qizhen quickly. So, the question is, Zhu Qiyu welcomed back to Zhu Qi Town, why didn't he kill him directly? Just put him under house arrest?
One
After the return of Emperor Mingyingzong, although he was the Emperor Taishang, he was placed under house arrest in the Nangong. Moreover, Zhu Qiyu accepted the eunuch Gao Ping's suggestion and cut down all the trees in the Southern Palace to prevent anyone from crossing the high wall to contact Ming Yingzong. That is, Zhu Qiyu can be described as a strict precaution against Zhu Qi Town. At the same time, in the third year of Jingtai (1452), Zhu Qiyu deposed his nephew Zhu Jianshen as crown prince and installed his own son Zhu Jianji. All these show that Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was greedy for the throne. As for Zhu Qiyu's throne, Zhu Qizhen is naturally an important threat, that is, if Zhu Qiyu is not removed for one day, Zhu Qiyu's throne may be lost.
If this was the case, why didn't Zhu Qiyu directly kill Zhu Qizhen? In this regard, in the author's opinion, it is not that Zhu Qiyu does not want to, but that he cannot kill. On the one hand, if Zhu Qiyu wanted to get rid of Zhu Qizhen in a justifiable manner, he must grasp the control of the latter, so as to gain the support of the imperial court ministers, otherwise, if Zhu Qiyu directly ordered the killing of Zhu Qizhen, he would naturally be fiercely opposed by the Ming Court, and even leave a reputation of being faint.
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For example, before the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, although he created the "Rule of Zhenguan", killed his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji because of the change of Xuanwumen, which became an indelible flaw in his life. Even an emperor like Li Shimin could not escape the evaluation of killing his brother, and his ability was far inferior to That of Zhu Qiyu of Li Shimin, so naturally he did not dare to act arbitrarily. More crucially, after Zhu Qiyu welcomed back Zhu Qizhen, the latter was cautious and cautious, like Sima Yi before the gaopingling change, and did not give the other party a chance to seize the handle.
Of course, Zhu Qiyu sent people to strictly guard Zhu Qizhen, which also led to the latter's in fact being unable to get in touch with the outside world for a long time, and it was difficult to leave any handle that could make a big fuss. On this basis, coupled with the fact that there were still some forces above the imperial court that favored Zhu Qi Town, this made Zhu Qiyu even more unable to justifiably get rid of Zhu Qi Town. On the other hand, since Ming's work was not good, why didn't Zhu Qiyu use the East Factory and Jinyi Wei to get rid of Zhu Qizhen? In this regard, in the author's opinion, this is because Zhu Qiyu did not have strong control over the Ming Dynasty's East Factory and Jinyiwei.
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In the tenth year of Xuande (1435), Emperor Mingyingzong ascended the throne, and Wang Zhen was promoted to be the eunuch of Si Li. Since then, the Ming Dynasty's East Factory has been controlled by Wang Zhen. However, during the Tumu Fort Rebellion, not only Emperor Mingyingzong was captured, but the eunuch Wang Zhen was also killed. After Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, many of Wang Zhen's henchmen fell one after another, that is, the power of Dongchang was severely damaged. As for the Jinyi Wei at that time, it was under the control of the Ming Dynasty soldier Shangshu Yuqian, after all, in the defense of the Beijing Division, Yu Qian needed to mobilize all his strength to resist the attack of the Wallachian army.
Further, during Zhu Qiyu's reign, he relied heavily on Yu Qian and other ministers, which weakened his power as emperor to a certain extent, resulting in his inability to use jinyiwei and Dongchang to secretly eliminate Zhu Qizhen. In addition, the existence of Empress Sun also made Zhu Qiyu more jealous, and he did not dare to directly kill Zhu Qizhen. In the tenth year of Xuande (1435), Emperor Xuanzong of Ming died, crown prince Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne as emperor, and Empress Sun was honored as empress dowager.
Four
In the end, after Ming Yingzong was captured in mobei, Empress Sun sent Ming Yingzong several times a cotton coat to protect himself from the cold. After Emperor Mingyingzong returned to the imperial court, he was imprisoned in the Southern Palace by Emperor Mingjing, and Empress Sun visited him many times. For Zhu Qiyu, he could ascend to the throne without the support of Empress Sun and Yu Qian, and now that Zhu Qizhen had returned, Empress Sun was obviously very inclined to her son Zhu Qizhen. As for Yu Qian, the minister, he was undoubtedly neutral. On this basis, not being able to get the support of Empress Sun and Yu Qian was also an important reason why Zhu Qiyu did not dare to get rid of Zhu Qizhen.
At the beginning of the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), Zhu Qiyu suddenly fell seriously ill. In the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), at four o'clock in the morning of the seventeenth month of the first month, Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen and others led the army to open the Chang'an Gate and officially launched the "Change of Seizing the Gate". In the end, Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen regained the emperor's throne, and Emperor Ming's Emperor Zhu Qiyu died a month later. As for the cause of Zhu Qiyu's death, there is still a certain controversy, some people believe that Zhu Qiyu died of illness, and some people think that Zhu Qiyu was killed by someone. However, no matter what, after Zhu Qizhen was restored, Zhu Qiyu's death was already a matter of time sooner or later.